[R] functions and strings

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

yes you're right, maybe this is better

> f <- function(x){sin(x)+exp(x)}
> strng <- gsub("(x)", "(xyz)", deparse(body(f))[2], fixed = TRUE)
> sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
[1] "sin(xyz) + exp(xyz)"


Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Hankin" <r.hankin at noc.soton.ac.uk>
To: "Dimitris Rizopoulos" <dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be>
Cc: "Robin Hankin" <r.hankin at noc.soton.ac.uk>; <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [R] functions and strings


> Hi Dmitris
> 
> thanks for this  but it's not quite right:
> 
> 
> > f <- function(x){sin(x)+exp(x)}
> > strng <- gsub("x", "xyz", deparse(body(f))[2])
> > sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
> [1] "sin(xyz) + exyzp(xyz)"
> 
> 
> and I would want "sin(xyz) + exp(xyz)"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 13 Sep 2006, at 08:45, Dimitris Rizopoulos wrote:
> 
>> strng <- gsub("x", "xyz", deparse(body(f))[2])
>> sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
> 
> --
> Robin Hankin
> Uncertainty Analyst
> National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
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>

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